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Most artists, ashamed of their need for encouragement, try to carry their work to term like a secret pregnancy.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
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Carry
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Artists
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